clipwright-export

MCP tools that export OTIO timelines to NLE exchange formats (EDL / FCPXML) and chapter sidecar files (YouTube text / ffmetadata), so AI rough cuts can hand off to human editors and video publishing workflows.

Overview

clipwright-export reads an existing OTIO timeline (read-only) and writes a new sidecar file — an NLE exchange format or a chapter sidecar. It never modifies the source OTIO or referenced media.

MCP Tools

• clipwright_export_timeline — export an OTIO timeline to EDL or FCPXML for import into an NLE (Premiere / Resolve / Final Cut Pro).
• clipwright_export_chapters — export clipwright markers (e.g. scene_boundary from clipwright-scene) to a YouTube chapter list or an ffmpeg ffmetadata chapter file.

(Full parameter tables and usage details are added when the tool modules are implemented.)

Dependencies

Installation and Startup

uv add clipwright-export
clipwright-export

Or within a uv workspace:

uv run --package clipwright-export clipwright-export

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11 or later

MCP Client Registration

Register this tool in your MCP client configuration (.mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipwright-export": {
      "command": "clipwright-export",
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}